Egg-turning device.



E.' v. ANDERSON. EGG TURNING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED JULY 22.1914.

Patented Apr. 27, 1915.

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Application filed July 22, 1914.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known tha l, lilniinr. V. Annnnsox, a citizen of theUnited States,residing at lVlorristown, in the county of Rice and Estate of Minnesota,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Egg-TurningDevices; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing bad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figuresof reference marked thereon, which form a part'of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in devices forturning eggs in incubators and comprises a simple and eff cient deviceof this nature'so arranged that a; series of eggs may be held uponrollers which may be rotated gradually atsuch intermittent times as maybe best for the successful incubation of the eggs.

The invention comprises a simple apparatus actuated by means of a clockmechanism and consists of various details of construction, combinationsand arrangements of parts which will be hereinafter fully described,shown in the accompanying drawings and appended claim.

I illustrate my invention in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation ofa casing of an incubator showing a partbroken away to illustrate features of the invention. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation. showing a clockwork mechanism substituted for the crank foroperating the rollers. Fig. 3 is a section on line 33 of Fig. 1, andFig. at is an end View of the form shown in Fig. 1, a part of the casingbeing broken away and a part in section.

Reference now bein 'had'toi the details of the drawings by n iimeral, 1designates the casing of the incubator which may be 0 any suitable sizeor shape. and mounted within the incubator are racks 1" having aperturesin the opposite sides therein in which a series of rollers 2 1s3ournaled, each having a sprocket wheel 3 fiXBdt-O corre-.

' sponding ends thereof and about which the Specification of LettersPatent.

then specifically defined in the Serial No. 852,420.

sprocket chains 4 pass. have shown two serles larly mounted and In thedrawings 1 each havingseparate 9 ends of sprocket wheels. To theprojectin the rollers of the two series are fixeclsprocket wheels 5andabout which and the rollers 11, shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, anda, sprocket wheel? a sprocket chain 6 passes,

ahd 9 is a crank fixed to the shaft 8. Said chain, it will be noted,forms means where-- by, as the crank'is rotated, the two series ofrollers may be simultaneously rotated in the same direction.

In Fig. 2 of the drawings, it will be noted thata boxing 1st is fastenedto the under surface of the casing and which is adapted to contain aclockwork apparatus of any suitable mechanism which is operated throughthe medium of the weight 16.

15 designates a pendulum which is connected tothe escapement meanswhich, in turn, regulates the rotary movement of the shaft containingthegearwheel 13 which is geared to the wheel 12 of the clockwork mechanism.I

The operation readily understood and is-as follows: By the constructionshown, the eggs, two of which are shown in Fig. 3, are the 'variousseries of rollers and, whenever it is desired to cause the eggs to beturned. a rotary vmovement may be imparted to the rollers through themedium of the crank, manually or through the medium of the clockworkmechanism which may beregw lated to cause a continuous slow rotarymovement to be imparted to the rollers if desired, thus insuring uniformincubation of the eggs.

What I- claim'to be new is A device for turning eggs in incubatorscomprisinga casing, racks mounted within the casing, rollers journaledin theopposite ends of the racks, driving shafts journaled tures in thewall of the casing,

casing with a space intervening between the of rollers, each sim1-.

of my invention willbe placed upon 7 Patented-Apr. 27, 1915..

sprocket chains passing about the varioussame and the bottom of thelatter, sprocket wheels upon said shafts and the rollers atcorresponding ends, sprocket wheels fixed side the casing,

to the'ends of the upon the outer face of the casing below and betweensaid sprocket wheels, :1 driving shaft journaledin suitable bearingsunder nvath the casing, 11 sprocket Wheel upon the driving shaft, 21sprocket chain passing 'about the sprocket wheel upon the nrm'en shaftswhich project out-- rollers pivotally mounted GAY L. MOLM, MARION V.THATCIIER.

